Comparison with Spanish
This phoneme can be heard in Spanish (as an allophone) when the consonant "n" is followed by the sounds /g/ or /k/: conga, tanga, tanque, cóncavo.
However, it also appears in final position in English, unlike Spanish, so be careful not to pronounce it as /n/. The spellings are:
<ng> sing, long, thing
<n> (followed by the sounds /g/ or /k/) finger, donkey, uncle
Practice
- The starlings are on the wing.
- She clings to that thing.
- The donkey is hee-hawing.
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